The latest in a long line of new materials, products and services, is the introduction of Precision ground and polished Zirconia Zirconium Oxide (ZrO2).

The Multi-Lab group, has an enormous amount of experience in grinding lapping and polishing quartz built up over many years. The Board of Multi-lab could see the opportunity immediately with most if not all of the equipment already in place, it was more a case of investment into the correct and separate diamond tooling.

So as to ensure there is no cross contamination of materials, a very big concern when using subcontract grinding companies, many of whom use the same wheels / tooling for all materials, (Hard metals such as Tungsten Carbide Ect) which can result in submicron metal particles being embedded into the surface of the ultra-pure ceramic, This is very often, completely unacceptable for a ceramic / zirconia application, as many are used in the, Chemical, Food and Medical industries.

Zirconium Oxide is a very versatile material, with very specific properties.